Pipe cutter



R. T. FRYE PIPE CUTTER Get. 15, 1929.

2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Nov. 18, 1927 r'bi) t lfm ATTORNEY 2.2' L' INVNTO(Arte y R. T. FRYE PIPE CUTTER Filed Nov. 18. 192'? Oct. 15, 1929.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ,4Q/cime T 12 z lla/Emo Y ATTORNEY Patented Oct 15, 1929 i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RICHARD T. FRYE, F BLAUVELT, NEW YORK PIPE CUTTER Application filed` November 18, 1927. Serial No. 234,242.

This invention relates to improvements in gripping motion of the users hands upon the pipe cutters, and it consists of constructions, handles of the implement. combinations and arrangements herein de- Reference is made to the drawings. The scribed and claimed. stock l, herein known as the cutter stock, in

One of the outstanding objects of the inchicles lateral eXtensions2 provided with parvention is to provide means to advance the tial axial bores 3 which merge into a chamber cutter or cutters of an implement for cutting 4 in which the cutter blocks 5 and 6 are movpipe or other cylindrical objects during the able. The cutter stock also has an extension act of turning the stock upon such pipe or 7 (Figs. 2 and 3) in which a tubular guide lo CyiindlCai ObjGCll, tlluS, n effect, bringing 8 lis held by a set screw 9. Guides of various ce continuous cutting pressure to bear. internal diameters may be fitted in the bore Other objects and advantages appeal in the 10 of the extension in orderto receive various following specification, reference being had pipe Sizes, to the accompanying drawings, n WhCll Handles 11 and 12 protrude from the par- 15 Figure 1 is a longitudinal Sect-ion 0f the tial bores 3 of the lateral extensions 2. In 65, cutter stock, the form of the invention in Figs. 1 and 2 the Figure 2 iS a SeCtOn taken SnbStntaiiy 011 handle 11 is provided with right and left the 1in@ 2 2 0f Figur@ l, threads 13 and 14, it being obvious that these Figure 3 iS 2L PelSpeCtiVe VBW Oi' the CU- threads are cut on that part of the handle 2o ter stock, portions of the handles being broken Concealed Within the Stock 1, The inner SX- te, away, treinity of the handle has a non-threaded or Figure l ls il detail @FOSS Section faken Oil smooth tip 15 which has a bearing in a bushthe line 4 4 of Figure 2, ing 16 vscrewed into the adjacent extremity of Figui@ 5 iS a hOi'iZOhtal Section 0h JChelihe the lateral extension 2. This bushing, in turn, 5 5 of Figure 1, n i is internally threaded to receive the screw 75 Flilll'e 6 ls a' detail SeCtiOIll View lilUS- end of the remaining handle 12. The handle Y trating a slight modification wherein one of 12 remains rigid but the handle 11 may be the Cutie? hlOChS iS equipped With TOllGI'S turned quite freely, the engagement of the father than Cutters, smooth tip 15 providing one of the bearings.

Flgllle 7 ls l detail SectlohllvlGW Oli il lul" The remaining bearing is formed by what Se ther modcaitlon 7116116111 the circula/r Cut" may be telemed al ratcl'let'vbushng 17 This, ters are replaced hy lhlVeS hd bushing is screwed into the adjacent extremity Figure 8 is a detail @TCSS SeChiOh when 0h of the remaining lateral extension 2, where the lille swg Oli Figure 7- it bears upon a shoulder 18 formed between 33 Thos@ Skilled ih the Mh t0' Which this Pillthe threads 13 and the reduced part of the 85 ticular invention relates are acquainted with handle 11- The portion of the handle com the more 01 less Commonly lhOWh form? 0f cealed within the bushing 17 has notches formpipe cutters. These usually comprise an iining. teeth 19 Q The extension 2 has plement having a cutting element capable of a housno. 2O Containing the Swing 21 of D being advanced toward-the plp@ by turmng ratchet detent 22. The latter engages the 0 a handled screw. But in these pipe cutters teeth 19 at the inner extremity and on the the adlustments of' the Cuttmg aleman? alle outer extremit has an ap `ropriate head 23 made only from time to time, whereas, it is b h ch may be. uned gut of eno'ao'ement the purpose O' the implement here dag'cnbed wiitliV the thueth vivhenprequired as wlibenbneces- L) to make pogslble a 'Substantially Commuous sary to reverse the detent prior to unscrew;

ion of the cuttinv aressure. apiiilslviiiillpresently be bbrdught out, this con- 111g the handle ll and .releasing the @lifter tinuous cutting pressure may be developed Whe/@l 26 and 27- i? SUCh time the (iwfnt as the cutter stock is rotated, the act of ap- 22 is given a half-turn'to reverse the position l plying the pressure being incidental to the thereof in respect to the teeth 19. A stud 39, ico

occupying slots inthe closure plug 41, keeps the detent in its two adjusted positions.

Upon reference to Fig. 1 it will be observed that the cutter' blocks 5 and 6 have recesses 24 and 25 (see also Fig. 5) receiving the threaded portions 13 and 14`of the handle 11. These blocks are kept in engagement with the threaded portions by virtue of having bearing upon the opposite walls of the chamber 4. The carrier blocks 5 and 6 have working lits in the chamber 4 but the innermost wall provides a t-hrust bearing as later appears. The block 5 carries a single cutter' wheel 26 while the block 6 carries a pair of cutter wheels 27.

From the arrangement in Fig. 1 yit can be clearly seen that the gripping action of one of the hands of the operator in turning the stock 1 upon the pipe P when imposed in the proper direction, will cause the cutter wheels of the blocks 5 and 6 to continuously bear upon the pipe so that the cutting function of the wheels remains permanent and uniform throughout the cutting operation. The latter is an advantage that not only expedites the cutting of the pipe but produces a cleaner cut.

Figure 6 introduces a modification wherein the blocks 5 and 6 are caused to function in a somewhat different manner. rlhe bloclr 5 is still equipped with a single cutter wheel 26 but the block 6 is nowprovided with a pair of rollers 28 intended merely to bear or ride upon the outside of the pipe F without performing any cutting act. 'lhe inner threaded extremity 13 of the handle 11 (not shown) will be recognized.

But instead of being an integral part of the handle 11 the left hand threads 14 must now be regarded as being cut on the inner extremity of the remaining handle such, for example, as the handle 12 in Fig. 1. ln other words, the modification in Fig. 6 employs a pair of handles that extend to the approximate center' of the cutter stock, one of the extremities having right hand threads 13, the other extremity having left hand threads 14. It may be explained that in practice both threads may be right or left handed.

A recess 29 at the extremity of the threaded end 13 receives the tip 30 of the threaded end 14, the arrangement providing a bearing between the handles. In operation the block 6 is advanced by appropriately turning the handle bearing the threaded portion 14 until i the rollers 28 engage the adjacent side of the pipe. rlhe block 5 is similarly advanced by turning the handle having the threaded end 13 until the cutter wheel 26 engages the opposite side of the pipe., v

The turning effort exercised upon the handle carrying the threaded end 13 during the turning of the cutter stock upon the pipe is continuously applied* to the block 5 so that the cutter wheel 26 uniformly bears upon and bites into the pipe. The cutting action may Fig. 7 illustrates a modification wherein the former cutter wheels and bearing rollers of the blocks 5 and 6 are replaced by blades or knives 31. These blades are secured, at 32, to the respective blocks. They have formations producing cutting edges 33 which act upon the pipe P in the manner already clearly understood. The threaded portions 13 and 14 are to be regarded as identical with the arrangement in Fig. 1. The gripping action upon one of the handles lwhile turning the cutter' stock will have the effect of causing the knives 31 of the blocks 5 and 6to bear against the end cut into the pipe.

Figs. 1, 3 and 4 illustrate a structure that may briefly be alluded to although it has nothing to do with the invention. The front side of the stock 1 carries dies 34 by which the threads 35 are to be cut upon the extremityr of the pipe. These dies move in guides 36 formed on the face of the stock, set screws 37 being provided for the purpose. The adjustments of the dies are fixed by lock screws 38.

The operation may .bel briefly reviewed although undoubtedly clear already to the reader. Considering the form ofthe invention in Fig. 1 it is readily seen Jthat turning of the handle 11'in the'proper direction willY move theblocks 5 and6 apart prior to the presentation vof the stock to the pipe P to be cut. The handle 11 is then turned in the opposite direction so that the cutter wheels 26 and 27 are brought to bear against the pipe. Upon turning the stock 1 upon the ipe the natural gripping' action uponV thehandle 11, if applied in the proper direction, will serve to keep the wheels 26 and 27 in tight engagement with the pipe. The cutting pressure is thus kept continuous with the advantageous result mentioned before. The same advantage is had when the cutter wheels are substituted by blades 31 as in Fig. 7 and the same continuity of pressure is had when only a single cutter wheel is made to function as in Fig. 6.

llhile the construction of the pipe Vcutter herein disclosed is that of a generally preferred form, obviouslyV modifications may be made without .departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprisingastoclecutter blocks movably carried by the stock, handles intended to be grasped while turning the stock for the performance of the cutting action, and means associated with one of the handles and each of said cutter blocks for simultaneously moving all of the blocks by the action incident to the grasping of said handles while turning the stock.l

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2. An apparatus of the character described comprising a stock having a bore to receive a cylindrical obj ect to be cut upon Which object the stock may be turned, a pair of blocks carried by and guided upon the stock, each block having cutters and having threaded recesses, and a handle for turning the stock having oppositely threaded portions engaging the threaded recesses and moving the blocks along opposite directions of movement upon twisting the handle during the act of turning the stock.

3. An apparatus of the character 'described comprising a stock having a cha-nr ber, one Wall of Which forms a thrust bearing, blocks contained by the chamber and having threaded recesses at a side opposite to said Wall, cutters carried by the blocks, a handle having oppositely threaded portions engaging the threads of said recesses and holding said blocks thrust against said Wall, and means carried by the stock providing a swivel mounting for the handle permitting independent turning of the handle for simultan eously advancing the blocks and imposing uniform and continuous cutting pressure upon the object to be cut While turning the stock upon the latter.

4. An apparatus of the character described comprising a stock having partial bores com- Inunicating With a chamber, a pair of liandles, one oi said handles having oppositely threaded portions situated in said bores and confronting said chamber, the extremity of one of the threaded portions having a smooth tip, the extremity of the other threaded portion defining a shoulder, a bushing carried by the stock receiving the other handle as Well as the smooth tipto deiine a bearing, a bushing carried by the stock engaging said shoulder and forming a second bearing, a pair of blocks situated in said chamber having appropriately threaded recesses receiving the thread-ed portions of said handle and being held in thrust bearing engagement With the opposite Wall of the chamber, and a cutting element carried by said blocks.

5. A device of the character described comprising a stock. blocks contained by the stock and being movably guided therein, said blocks carrying elements for engaging a cylindrical object to be cut, said blocks having threaded recesses. and a pair of handles having swivel contact- With each other, one of the handles having threaded portions in engagement Wit-h the blocks at sai-d recesses.

Signed at city of Vashington in the District of Columbia, this 15th day of November RICHARD T. FRYE. 

